Life time collection of Period American furniture, accessories and art

This fine sale will include: Many items purchased from antique shows: Theta Charity Antique Show, HADA Antique Show, Star of Texas, and Round Top. Other purchases documented from reputable antique dealers across America during Dr. and Mrs. Butler’s travels.Many items can be found in the definitive reference books which are included in this sale

Furniture – Antique:  American Empire  Butler’s desk mahogany, eight locking drawers, original glass; English chest of drawers, Chippendale style, five drawers; Empire period six drawer chest; American Southern chest on chest with eight drawers;  antique wooden magazine rack;  antique round chocolate table;  French 3 shelf oval wooden dessert table with brass trim; set of six art deco painted folding chairs with oriental motif; Southern American cherry wood four drawer chest with turned inset column decoration; painted wood hanging cupboard, with period glass panes; hand painted wooden chest with cast iron handles; American Southern Mammy bench with original paint and stenciling; New England curly maple drop leaf table, with some original red paint showing; small maple tilt top table with original mechanism and spider legs; M Dunbar reproduction Windsor chair;  Wallace Nutting reproduction Windsor chair; Sheraton style drop leaf table with original casters; various period wall shelves; Victorian curly maple quilt rack; Empire walnut card table; Empire mahogany card table with scalloped apron; tufted velvet Victorian camel back sofa; Empire tufted velvet ladies and gentleman’s chairs; small Empire style mirror; English small period convex mirror; reproduction bulls eye mirror; Victorian parlor chair with carved frame and apron; pair of Victorian hand carved balloon back chairs; English lap desk on a stand; American Southern drop leaf table;  Victorian spool bed.

Art  Late 19^th century hanging scroll ink and color on paper depicting two of the Eight Immortals;  painting of nature scene,  oil on canvas;  Thorn O’Connor cast bronze plaque, entitled “Three Heads”, limited edition 18/30; Signed R C Gorman Print, entitled “Anita”, limited edition 60/75; signed Leonard Baskin woodcut, entitled “Blake’s Death Mask”, limited edition 79/90; Rouault print entitled “the Juggler”; David Shapiro print, signed, entitled “Winter Theme”; feather and watercolor of eagle with an American flag; Percy Sandy watercolor, entitled “Zuni Priests”.

Pewter - -Large and noteworthy collection of period original Continental and American pewter including many pieces with makers marks, quality marks, town and cooperation marks, capacity marks.   Specifically the collection includes: signed 17^th century charger,   tea pots, covered sugar ,  tall  chocolate  pot, chargers,  plates and bowls, beakers,  candle sticks, religious Chalice , tankards, Irish haystack measures, English and Continental pints, half pint and gill,  pair of covered pitchers, "Imperial Standard" measures, set of pewter flagons with acorn finials,  pair of Pewter candlesticks de accessioned from Bayou Bend, one-eared porringers of various sizes, various lamps including whale oil lamps with glass lenses, hanging fluid lamps,  chamber lamps with burning fluid burners, individual ice cream molds from various makers.   The collection also includes numerous books and periodicals on Pewter.

Brass and Copper   A pair of antique English Brass “Wales Griffin candlesticks”, 18^th century brass straight edge, antique brass traveling microscope, brass miner’s watch holder, a brass barber’s basin, pair of small Chinese brass vases, English brass “Friendly Society” finial, brass punch match box, brass horses tack, brass Punch and Judy door knocker, antique brass figurine nutcrackers, Brass “go to bed” pig, brass Man-in-the-Moon match safe, antique brass snuff box, antique brass pipe box, brass hanging box, various pairs of antique  brass candlesticks from miniature to over ten inches, English, Continental and American ,  antique brass tea kettle, antique brass tea pots, antique copper tea kettles, vintage Japanese cast iron teapot.

Baskets – Large and varied collection of period baskets for various origins and uses, specifically:  New York Taghkanic basket, American Indian 19^th century potato print basket, Iroquois basket with handle, birch bark basket, double hipped baskets, New Hampshire fruit basket, Nantucket baskets of various sizes, Apache woven basket, Shaker berry  baskets, miniature 19^th century New York cheese basket, melon baskets, woven splint baskets, Cherokee river cane basket, set of 5 miniature Winnebago baskets by Joyce Buchanon, Martha Wetherbee fruit basket.  The collection also includes many books and magazines along with a complete collection of American Indian Basketry Magazine Vol. 1-20.

Books - This sale includes a fine collection of antique reference books constituting a personal research library for a life time collector of American furniture, accessories, and art.  Specifically the book collection includes reference books on art; American antique furniture, Southern furniture, Texas furniture, Tennessee furniture, Wallace Nutting, Texas Folk Art;  American eagles;  American and European pewter, copper, brass, pottery and glass;  sterling silver;  Treen;  Native American basketry, pottery ,and rugs;  American textiles including coverlets, samplers and quilts; ink pots; Oriental rugs; clocks; American baskets; lighting; Oriental art; American stoneware; butter prints and molds; and decoys. A number of books on American history include works on the American Civil War, Robert E. Lee, and authored by and about Jefferson Davis.  

Rugs – Small handmade Turkish rug, handmade Oriental rug in the style of a prayer rug, Native American Ganado rug black, white, grey, and red; wide Klagetoh Navajo rug, American period hooked area rugs,  Bokora handmade Persian rug; room size handmade Persian Kerman rug; Heriz handmade Persian rug.

Textiles – Fragment of 4^th century Coptic tunic; Needle work Mourning picture – silk and bead work with watercolor on material; needle work sampler by “Ann Davies, September 1840”; pair of throw pillows made from an old coverlet; Pennsylvania double Irish chain crib quilt; applique flower quilt topper, period  log cabin quilt; vintage applique curtains with Native American motif; hand-screened textiles from Armenia.

African Collection:  African mask from the Dan tribe; New Guinea sculpture,   a New Guinea  Weaving hook,  New Guinea  ceremonial mask; South pacific Nakanai shield;  Ashanti gold weights, Ashanti combs;  highly decorative comb from the Congo;  Kissi Equestrienne ancestor figure; South Pacific ancestor head of fern wood;  Inuit antler bird. 

Native American:  Various carved animal fetishes;  Kachina dolls;  Toya  pottery figures;  Navajo sandstone carvings; Red jar with a bear paw print by Margaret Tofaya; Indian pot by Dolorita Melchor of Santa Domingo Pueblo (as featured in the book: Fourteen Families in Pueblo Pottery by Rick Dillingham); Northeast Indian totem pole; brain-tanned, elk hide, hand beaded parfleche from Plains tribe; brain-tanned, quilled and beaded pipe bag of Plains tribe; a beaded horse breast collar with fringe and bells; beaded sewing accessories case, Plains tribe.

Silver:  A beautiful collection of Victorian sterling silver serving pieces, sterling silver flatware service for eight by Towle in the “French Provincial” pattern, Sterling silver hollowware,  English silver plate Sheffield coffee service consisting of teapot, coffee pot, sugar, creamer, waste and tray; pair of silver plated two arm candlesticks, silver plated breakfast box.

Special Attractions – Distinguished collection of traveling ink wells and desk top objects, specifically: traveling ink wells in the shape of a violin, suitcase, brown hat with black umbrella, wooden ink wells, American pewter inkwells, nickel plated inkwell, brass letter treen ink well holder, cast brass desk accessory for sand and wax, English pewter ink pot. A collection of treen (wooden household items) including treen plumbers top, needle box, maple letter sander, covered bowl, boxwood bowl, skittles ball, horse holder block, glove powder holder, bottle box, walnut muddler. Scottish   wooden case for matches, a small collection of treen sewing implements and a collection of wooden carved figures ; A collection of Shaker boxes; A collection of seals including a Chinese 18^th century ivory seal, German “s” seal, American 18^th century silver seal with Ivory handle, German silver watch fob seal, Scrimshaw wax seal, Victorian era seal with the bust of John Wesley, bronze eagle seal, Chinese 19^th century seal , ivory seal depicting an animal, a weekday seal, interlocking bronze seal, and an English fob seal.  A widely varied collection of American eagle collectibles including cast iron three dimensional eagles, carved and painted over door three dimensional eagles, 18th century carved gilded eagle head from a ship bow, three dimensional carved period eagle from atop a piece of furniture, early pressed glass bottle with eagle motif, ivory eagle head snuff box, wooden nutcracker in the shape of an eagle head, a feather picture of an American eagle with an American flag.   A small collection of antique pressing irons including  finishing iron, tailor’s iron,  sad irons  and various  iron trivets;  varied collection of period food choppers; architectural elements including  cast iron stars, some painted,  cast iron tie rod end pieces; and weathervanes depicting a ship, a horse, an arrow, a lizard and a bird, some painted; a small collection of metal lanterns including a three sided lantern, a brass traveling lantern, and a tin traveling lantern; cobalt blue stone ware canning jar and crock; various butter molds; iron cake mold; calipers; a collection of period glass bottles, Stueben glass bowls; Pre-Columbian objects; a 2^nd century Gandharan stone head; an Amlash bronze deer. A collection of folk art including antique duck decoys, a wooden painted puffin, herb drying star, a wooden horse head, a black painted folk art toy train engine, wooden hat rack in the shape of a star, painted toy paddle wheel boat, large folk art painted chicken, painted Mexican folk art animals, an Indonesian shadow puppet, large wooden folk art birds.   Various 19^th century maps; land grant signed by President Grant.